Carbohydrate digestion

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Maddie Clayton

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  • Carbohydrate digestion in the mouth
    Where: Mouth
    Secretion source: salivary glands
    Enzyme: amylase
    Substrate: starch/glycogen
    Products: maltose
  • Carbohydrate digestion in the duodenum
    Where: extracellular duodenum
    Secretion source: Pancreas via the pancreatic duct
    Enzyme: amylase
    Substrate: starch/glycogen
    Products: maltose
  • Carbohydrate digestion intracellular in the membranes of the microvilli cells
    Where: cells in the duodenum
    Enzyme: maltase, sucrase and lactase
    Substrate: maltose, sucrose and lactose
    Products: alpha glucose, fructose and galactose
  • Carb digestion:
    Amylase is secreted by salivary glands in the mouth, breaking down starch and glycogen into maltose. Amylase denatures in the stomach.
    In extracellular duodenum, starch and glycogen are broken down by amylase from the pancreas via the pancreatic duct, into maltose.
    In intracellular duodenum, maltose, sucrose and lactose and broken down by maltase, sucrase and lactase into alpha glucose, fructose and galactose.
    They travel to the ileum for absorption.
  • Where are the products of carbohydrate digestion absorbed?
    In the ileum into the blood
  • uses of carbs in the body:
    • glucose is absorbed from the blood by the cells for aerobic respiration to produce ATP
    • excess is stored as fat